Factors Associated With Burnout Among Nurses Providing Direct Patient Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bevin Cohen1, Jonathan DePierro, Chi C Chan

  • 1Author Affiliations: Associate Professor, Department of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, and Director, Center for Nursing Research and Innovation (Dr Cohen); Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth (Dr DePierro); Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry (Dr Chan); Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Surgery, The Mount Sinai Hospital (Ms Tolan); Biostatistician, Center for Biostatistics (Ms Deshpande); Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Director, Trauma and Resilience Program (Dr Feder); Psychiatry Resident, Department of Psychiatry (Dr Feingold); Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Well-being and Development (Dr Peccoralo); and Chief Wellness Officer (Dr Ripp), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Health System, New York; and Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, and Director, Translational Psychiatric Epidemiology Laboratory Clinical Neurosciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven (Dr Pietrzak).

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